Ok, I figured out why the eyes look so weird but familiar to me, and a bit droopy around the outside. I think I've identified a whole 'nother '70s influence...
Having said all this, I am looking forward to hearing this. I loved Golden and continue to listen to it quite often.
Indeed - don't mistake my entertaining myself for a lack of excitement at having a new release to look forward to!
Nothing new in here, really, but always good to see Kylie get some US Billboard exposure. They’ve always been hugely supportive and always cover her music. Rejoice, Kylie Minogue Is Dropping Her 15th Studio Album, 'Disco', This Fall
I was hoping she’d make another album along the lines of her Deconstruction-era material where she was more adventurous... (and of course, not as popular!) ah well, more boring dance pop, this time without the illusion of “going country”...
I am kind of getting 'Confessions on the Dancefloor' vibes from the artwork - ie modern take on late 70's / early 80's disco.
I wonder if they will have a Ladybird book type format that they have used for the last couple of releases.
While we are focusing on the cover art which evokes memories of old disco records, I have to recommend this book: Disco: An Encyclopedic Guide to the Cover Art of Disco Records
So sad that it was a one shot! That was the album that made me a fan. I’m not liking that cover. Hopefully the music will shine.
Well, two-shot really: the "Confide In Me" album was a very good dance-pop album (that should have been the album title), while "Impossible Princess" was a brilliant "indie-pop-for-the-mainstream" masterpiece (and I still don't get why the album title would have been offensive at the time). There were also quite a few unreleased tracks that were eventually released on a compilation -- many of them also stellar. It's unfortunate that either the public wasn't interested or Deconstruction just wasn't very good at marketing...
I listened to KM94 in its entirety yesterday for the first time in a good decade, and my opinion of it remains unchanged - half the songs are great (Confide In Me is still genius, and Put Yourself In My Place was a very strong single), and half the songs are painfully generic house/dance filler. I would have fallen off the Kylie train very quickly if she'd continued on to her next album with songs like If I Was Your Lover, Where Is The Feeling, Where Has The Love Gone, and Falling. (Of course, I know those are the very songs some people love about the album, but they're wrong. ) While I normally dislike eponymous albums (how lazy!), I do understand the circumstances for this one - calling it Kylie Minogue was a fairly declarative statement about who she was as an artist and a way of separating and reestablishing herself apart from S/A/W. Impossible Princess is one I don't listen to that often but I still appreciate it a lot, and it's certainly among the most intimate and invested material she's ever recorded, although probably my two favorite tracks from the era didn't even make it to the album - Love Takes Over Me and Take Me With You. Golden was a spiritual return to form on the songwriting front (and a select few songs on X, plus various unreleased tracks over the years), but through a very different lens. As far as the IP title change, it was only in the UK/Europe that they went with the generic Kylie Minogue title again, which was just silly, but sensitivity over Diana made people do silly things. It also meant the album had a very staggered release around the world. At least the proper name was restored globally when the special edition was released a few years later. But I don't need angsty Kylie right now. Bring on the Disco!
These are links for Amazon UK for pre-ordering: Standard cd - 12 track version https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08CWM8RF9/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_dzjgFbZ575WK1 Deluxe cd (featuring 4 additional tracks - 16 in total): https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08CWCGTLP/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_0vjgFbWKTH225 Limited edition transparent turquoise vinyl: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08CWJ8H17/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_dAjgFbWSGASRG I can't see any cassette versions yet!
Not listed on Amazon US yet (at least that I can see), and Amazon UK has a note that it won't ship the limited turquoise vinyl to my territory. Most listings on Amazon UK these days have a note saying they're only offering "limited shipping options" to my area, but more and more of them are starting to say "This item cannot be shipped to your selected shipping destination." Annoying. Still, I'm more likely to end up spending a fortune on a pre-order bundle from Townsend once those go live.
FYI, for anyone interested in ordering one of the official bundles, the Townsend site went live early - you can now order everything at kylie.tmstor.es Exclusives: clear vinyl, deluxe CD in casebound book (like the Golden version referenced earlier in the thread), cassette, and photo. There were 50 test pressings but they went in about five seconds. Not a crazy price - $191 - but still too much for me to bite...
And in case she misses you in the official store bundles, she'll catch you with the Amazon-exclusive turquoise vinyl and the HMV-exclusive clear blue vinyl!
Yeah. I’ve been complaining about that for a year or two now. It started with the cheaply priced CDs by big artists and grew from there. I even started a thread about it here but no one seemed to care or they didn’t believe me. Bums me out. Most of the Golden stuff I got from Amazon.UK. Guess I don’t get that color vinyl. Oh, well.
For Step Back In Time, Amazon US ended up listing the mint green vinyl as well, so hopefully we'll get either the turquoise or blue vinyl in the U.S., too. Plus it won't cost an extra limb in shipping.
